Despite global commitments, and US$ billions spent on aid, social assistance in crisis settings consistently fails to deliver meaningful accountability. People do not know what is available, who is ...

This study uses Q ‍methodology to explore displacement-affected people’s perceptions of state and non-state responses to climate-induced displacement.

The meetings in 2025 and their food equity implications are a testament to what can be decided through multilateral processes ...

To complement this ongoing blog and the various academic outputs we produce from the research, we always try and produce some colour booklets on themes emerging from our research for wide sharing. The ...

The United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) was launched at an event at the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation in Rome on 2 December. Next year will be a full ...

For the first time ever, the G20 Presidency was held in Africa, placing digital tax transformation at the centre of the ...

The Food Security Task Force declarations failed to emphasise agricultural growth, focusing instead on access and sustainable systems.

When local organisations excluded from policy talks are the ones actually delivering aid, reform processes will struggle to address real challenges. View of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Credit: Faris ...

This seminar shares findings about gender, equity, and social inclusion (GESI) in social protection, in protracted crisis contexts from BASIC Research.

Accountability is now a buzzword in contemporary development debates. It is central to development policy, whether government accountability (as a central component of good governance), corporate ...

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

This paper examines the political economy of the agricultural policy processes in Malawi through the lenses of the fertilizer subsidy programme that has raised the profile of the country on the ...